Cooking Helpers Roundup
We analyzed 509 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 6)

Popcorn Pan Cake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC OAT FLOUR, ALMOND MEAL, BAKING POWDER (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH), POPCORN FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, CORN MEAL, POPPY SEEDS, SEA SALT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Keto Wheat Pizza Crust Mix
Ingredients: MIX (VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, CELLULOSE & PSYLLIUM FIBER BLEND, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, KING ARTHUR UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYME OR MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), SALT, INACTIVE YEAST), YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Greek Yogurt Starter Culture
Ingredients: Organic milk, live active cultures. Manufactured in a facility that processes products containing dairy and soy.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Meyer Lemon Cake Mix With Lemon Icing
Ingredients: SUGAR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, ASCORBIC ACID [DOUGH CONDITIONER], NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORNSTARCH, NONFAT MILK, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), SEA SALT, DRIED ORANGE PEEL, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL), NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED LEMON PEEL, MEYER LEMON POWDER, CITRIC ACID, BETA-CAROTENE (FOR COLOR)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Signature perfectly moist coconut supreme cake mix
Ingredients: enriched bleached wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), wheat starch, canola oil, contains less than 2% of: propylene glycol mono - and diesters, salt, mono - and diglycerides, fractionated palm oil, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, coconut blend (coconut cream, coconut flour), natural flavor, ascorbic acid, contains: wheat, tree nut (coconut), conagra brands
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sugar-free Dark chocolate baking chips
Ingredients: CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, ERYTHRITOL, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), STEVIA EXTRACT (STEVIA REBAUDIANA LEAF), DRY WHOLE MILK.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Silver Dollar pancakes
Ingredients: WATER, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC SOYBEAN OIL, ORGANIC OAT FIBER, ORGANIC EGG, ORGANIC SKIM MILK, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN BLEND (ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN, ORGANIC RICE MALTODEXTRIN, ORGANIC RICE CONCENTRATE), SEA SALT, ORGANIC DOUGH CONDITIONER (ORGANIC CORNSTARCH, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN, ENZYMES), ORGANIC VANILLA EXTRACT (WATER, ORGANIC ETHYL ALCOHOL, ORGANIC VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVE)
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Buttermilk pancake mix
Ingredients: King Arthur unbleached flour, sunflower oil, buttermilk, cane sugar, brown sugar, baking powder (baking soda, calcium acid pyrophosphate, mono-calcium phosphate), natural flavor, sea salt, wheat protein.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Unicorn Magic Shell
Ingredients: sugar,sunflower oil,coconut oil,milk,nonfat milk, contains 2% or less of : reduced mineral whey (from milk), natural and artificial flavor (with milk), gum arabic, soy lecithin, salt, blue 1 lake, red 3, blue 1.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 3 (Erythrosine)
- ● High Sugar Content

Alcohol Free Pure Vanilla Flavor
Ingredients: Organic glycerin, water, organic vanilla bean extractives
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate chocolate chip muffin mix
Ingredients: bleached wheat flour, sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), canola oil, soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, salt, corn starch, natural flavor, artificial flavor
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Rainbow Sprinkles
Ingredients: sugar, corn starch, palm oil, palm kernel oil, sunflower lecithin, dextrin, confectioner's glaze (shellac), yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue1 lake, red 3. natural & artificial flavor, carnauba wax, blue 1.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Jiffy corn muffin mix
Ingredients: wheat flour, degerminated yellow com meal, sugar, animal shortening (lard, hydrogenated lard, tocopherols preservative, bht preservative, citric acid preservative), contains less than 2% of: baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, wheat starch, salt, tricalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, silicon diaxide, contains: wheat jiffy foodservice,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Funfetti Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR. NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANDY BITS (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND PALM KERNEL), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SOY LECITHIN, YELLOW 5, RED 40, BLUE 1. CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, YELLOW 6), DEXTROSE, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), BUTTERMILK, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, CANOLA OIL, POTASSIUM BICARBONATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CORN STARCH, YELLOW 5, RED 40, IRON, NIACIN, VITAMIN B6, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Pecan Pie Crust
Ingredients: PECANS, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR ((WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), PALM OIL, CANE SUGAR, MOLASSES, HONEY, SEA SALT, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVORING (ORGANIC ETHYL ALCOHOL, WATER, ORGANIC INVERT SUGAR SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVORS), ROSEMARY EXTRACT (FOR FRESHNESS).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bread crumbs panko plain
Ingredients: Panko japanese style bread crumbs [enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), dextrose, sugar, yeast, salt], soybean flour and non-fat dry milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blueberry complete pancake & waffle mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, baking soda, salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, egg yolk, natural and artificial flavor, monocalcium phosphate, gelatinized yellow corn flour, palm oil, vegetable shortening (hydrogenated palm kernel oil, palm oil and/or canola oil),calcium carbonate, egg white, citric acid, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Fall apple cinnamon complete pancake & waffle mix
Ingredients: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, brown sugar, dried apple pieces, dextrose, less than 2% of: baking soda, cinnamon, dried egg whites, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavors, salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, soybean oil.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

All Purpose Buttermilk Baking Mix
Ingredients: Wheat flour, leavening (baking powder [sodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, calcium sulfate, calcium phosphate], baking soda), sugar, soybean oil. contains 2% or less of each: salt, buttermilk.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Panko Bread Crumbs Plain
Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, contains less than 2 % of each of sea salt, organic cane sugar, yeast.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian style bread crumbs
Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, calcium, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, salt, vegetable oil (soybean oil, cottonseed oil and/or canola oil), sugar, contains 2% or less of: wheat gluten, dextrose, soy flour, whey, calcium propionate (preservative), sodium stearoyl lactylate (dough conditioner), mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, l-cysteine, molasses, honey, whole wheat flour, corn flour, cornmeal, citric acid, grain vinegar, wheat starch, corn starch, potato flour, rice flour, wheat bran, oat fiber, calcium sulfate, datem, potassium iodate, guar gum, calcium phosphate, enrichment (vitamin e acetate, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3), lactic acid, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), spices and coloring, natural and artificial flavor, sesame seeds, eggs, salt, oregano, onion powder, garlic powder, dehydrated parsley, black pepper.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Brownie Mix Chocolate Fudge
Ingredients: Organic cane sugar, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower lecithin), wheat protein isolate, cocoa, 100% whole grain wheat flour, whey protein concentrate, 100% whole grain oat flour, milk protein concentrate, natural vanilla flavor, sea salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Petritz pie crusts
Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), lard and hydrogenated lard with bha and bht added to protect flavor, water, sugar. contains 2% or less of: salt, baking soda, sodium metabisulfite (preservative), yellow 5, yellow 6.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Grands! buttermilk biscuits
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), hydrogenated soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: sugar, whey, salt, datem, wheat protein isolate, modified corn starch, sodium caseinate, cream, propylene glycol alginate, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pillsbury flaky supreme cinnamon rolls with icing cans
Ingredients: Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, soybean and palm oil, dextrose, wheat starch, hydrogenated palm oil. contains 2% or less of: baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), high fructose corn syrup, modified whey, fractionated palm oil, salt, corn syrup solids, mono and diglycerides, vital wheat gluten, cinnamon, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium alginate, preservatives (potassium sorbate, tbhq, citric acid), polysorbate 60, yellow 5, natural and artificial flavor, color added, red 40.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Hersheys triple chocolate brownie mix
Ingredients: Sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), dark dutch cocoa (processed with alkali), chocolate chunks (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), palm oil, corn starch, salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
